Elective · Social studies
Intro to Law
Middle 6–8, High School 9–12 · PLECK original
PLECK original. This course was written for this school.
This is a PLECK elective. It is not Comparative Government, and it is not legal advice. The 180 reviewed lessons are loaded, with hypothetical cases, original writing, and offline source cards from free United States and Texas documents. An independent review passed the three known blockers and five recommendations in that packet. That is the reviewed scope, not attorney approval and not a publication approval. The source packet left its ready flag false. A student does not submit a real legal form, contact a court, or enter a real person's legal information. Looking at this page does not enroll a student, does not set a due date, and does not add a transcript credit.
Learning outcomes
- Read a public United States or Texas document when a lesson is loaded.
- Write about a hypothetical case, not a real dispute.
- Leave real names, filings, and court contact out of the work.
PLECK lessons
The November 7, 2026 Intro to Law r2 packet is loaded. An independent review passed the offline source cards, the principle-only question 2 rubrics, and the lesson 157 record scope. That is the reviewed scope, not attorney approval and not a publication approval. The source packet left ready set to false. This desk shows the lessons after they were loaded. It is not Comparative Government and it is not legal advice. Students do not file real forms, contact a court, or record a real person's legal information. Opening a lesson does not enroll a student, set a due date, or add a credit.
18 units · 180 lessons. A parent assigns one lesson at a time and chooses the due date. Opening a lesson does not enroll anyone.
Full student workbook · PDF. The print includes each offline source card. It is not a teacher key.
1. Thinking like a careful legal reader
Suggested weeks 1–2. A parent still chooses each due date.
- 1. Readiness diagnostic: law, ethics and rules
- 2. Facts, allegations and inferences
- 3. Legal questions versus policy preferences
- 4. Primary and secondary authority
- 5. IRAC: organize without pretending certainty
- 6. Educational information is not representation
- 7. Project 1: Thinking like a careful legal reader
- 8. Spiral lab 1: facts,rules and changed conditions
- 9. Unit 1 review: Thinking like a careful legal reader
- 10. Unit 1 assessment: Thinking like a careful legal reader
2. Constitutional structure and federalism
Suggested weeks 3–4. A parent still chooses each due date.
- 11. Three branches, distinct functions
- 12. Federalism is not a simple hierarchy of every rule
- 13. Constitution, statute and regulation
- 14. Checks, vetoes and disagreement
- 15. Judicial review in an actual dispute
- 16. Amendments and historical change
- 17. Project 2: Constitutional structure and federalism
- 18. Spiral lab 2: facts,rules and changed conditions
- 19. Unit 2 review: Constitutional structure and federalism
- 20. Unit 2 assessment: Constitutional structure and federalism
3. Rights, limits and responsibilities
Suggested weeks 5–6. A parent still chooses each due date.
- 21. Government action versus private choice
- 22. Speech and time, place and manner
- 23. Searches: identify reasonableness questions
- 24. Notice and opportunity to respond
- 25. Equal protection and justified distinctions
- 26. Accused persons and the burden of proof
- 27. Project 3: Rights, limits and responsibilities
- 28. Spiral lab 3: facts,rules and changed conditions
- 29. Unit 3 review: Rights, limits and responsibilities
- 30. Unit 3 assessment: Rights, limits and responsibilities
4. Federal and Texas courts
Suggested weeks 7–8. A parent still chooses each due date.
- 31. Trial courts develop a factual record
- 32. Appeals review decisions and records
- 33. Federal questions and limited federal jurisdiction
- 34. Texas’s two high courts
- 35. Jurisdiction, venue and practical location
- 36. Juries, neutrality and access
- 37. Project 4: Federal and Texas courts
- 38. Spiral lab 4: facts,rules and changed conditions
- 39. Unit 4 review: Federal and Texas courts
- 40. Unit 4 assessment: Federal and Texas courts
5. Civil disputes and fair procedure
Suggested weeks 9–10. A parent still chooses each due date.
- 41. Claims and requested relief
- 42. Service and meaningful notice
- 43. Answers and disputed facts
- 44. Discovery and limits
- 45. Motions and deciding what is actually disputed
- 46. Damages, injunctions and proportionate remedies
- 47. Project 5: Civil disputes and fair procedure
- 48. Spiral lab 5: facts,rules and changed conditions
- 49. Unit 5 review: Civil disputes and fair procedure
- 50. Unit 5 assessment: Civil disputes and fair procedure
6. Criminal law, proof and young people
Suggested weeks 11–12. A parent still chooses each due date.
- 51. Elements: every required part matters
- 52. Mental states are not all the same
- 53. Probable cause is not conviction
- 54. Counsel, silence and fair participation
- 55. Stages and neutral vocabulary
- 56. Juvenile justice and confidentiality
- 57. Project 6: Criminal law, proof and young people
- 58. Spiral lab 6: facts,rules and changed conditions
- 59. Unit 6 review: Criminal law, proof and young people
- 60. Unit 6 assessment: Criminal law, proof and young people
7. Evidence, reliability and fair questions
Suggested weeks 13–14. A parent still chooses each due date.
- 61. Relevance connects a fact to an issue
- 62. Personal knowledge and observation
- 63. Hearsay depends on purpose
- 64. Authentication and digital records
- 65. Unfair prejudice is not merely damaging proof
- 66. Questions, objections and respectful advocacy
- 67. Project 7: Evidence, reliability and fair questions
- 68. Spiral lab 7: facts,rules and changed conditions
- 69. Unit 7 review: Evidence, reliability and fair questions
- 70. Unit 7 assessment: Evidence, reliability and fair questions
8. Contracts: promises, agreement and performance
Suggested weeks 15–16. A parent still chooses each due date.
- 71. Offers and invitations to negotiate
- 72. Acceptance and changed terms
- 73. Consideration and gift promises
- 74. Capacity, legality and minors
- 75. Writing, clarity and incorporated terms
- 76. Breach and remedy are separate questions
- 77. Project 8: Contracts: promises, agreement and performance
- 78. Spiral lab 8: facts,rules and changed conditions
- 79. Unit 8 review: Contracts: promises, agreement and performance
- 80. Unit 8 assessment: Contracts: promises, agreement and performance
9. Torts: harm, care and responsibility
Suggested weeks 17–18. A parent still chooses each due date.
- 81. Tort, contract and crime can overlap
- 82. Duty is a legal question to identify
- 83. Breach compares conduct with a standard
- 84. Factual cause and legal limits
- 85. Harm, proof and comparative arguments
- 86. Intentional conduct, reputation and careful speech
- 87. Project 9: Torts: harm, care and responsibility
- 88. Spiral lab 9: facts,rules and changed conditions
- 89. Unit 9 review: Torts: harm, care and responsibility
- 90. Midyear assessment: foundations through torts
10. Property, possession and intellectual property
Suggested weeks 19–20. A parent still chooses each due date.
- 91. Ownership and possession
- 92. Permissions, licenses and boundaries
- 93. Easements and shared-use maps
- 94. Leases and repairs: do not improvise remedies
- 95. Deposits and ordinary wear
- 96. A physical copy is not copyright
- 97. Project 10: Property, possession and intellectual property
- 98. Spiral lab 10: facts,rules and changed conditions
- 99. Unit 10 review: Property, possession and intellectual property
- 100. Unit 10 assessment: Property, possession and intellectual property
11. Families, minors and privacy
Suggested weeks 21–22. A parent still chooses each due date.
- 101. Legal relationships and neutral terminology
- 102. Joint decision making is not automatically equal time
- 103. Rights and responsibilities are distinct categories
- 104. Best interests and reasoned fact analysis
- 105. Orders, agreements and modification
- 106. Protecting sensitive records
- 107. Project 11: Families, minors and privacy
- 108. Spiral lab 11: facts,rules and changed conditions
- 109. Unit 11 review: Families, minors and privacy
- 110. Unit 11 assessment: Families, minors and privacy
12. Workplace rights and youth safety
Suggested weeks 23–24. A parent still chooses each due date.
- 111. Overlapping child-labor hour rules
- 112. Duties matter as well as hours
- 113. Pay records and transparent calculations
- 114. Discrimination: identify the protected connection
- 115. Accommodation and equal access
- 116. Retaliation and safe information seeking
- 117. Project 12: Workplace rights and youth safety
- 118. Spiral lab 12: facts,rules and changed conditions
- 119. Unit 12 review: Workplace rights and youth safety
- 120. Unit 12 assessment: Workplace rights and youth safety
13. Consumers, claims and financial caution
Suggested weeks 25–26. A parent still chooses each due date.
- 121. Advertisements and misleading impressions
- 122. Warranties and promises have a scope
- 123. Refund policies and legal rights
- 124. Scams: verify without interacting
- 125. Credit and debt: read before calculating
- 126. A clear dispute record separates claim from proof
- 127. Project 13: Consumers, claims and financial caution
- 128. Spiral lab 13: facts,rules and changed conditions
- 129. Unit 13 review: Consumers, claims and financial caution
- 130. Unit 13 assessment: Consumers, claims and financial caution
14. Digital privacy, expression and responsible tools
Suggested weeks 27–28. A parent still chooses each due date.
- 131. Consent has a defined scope
- 132. Data minimization protects learning
- 133. Screenshots need context and provenance
- 134. Ideas, facts and expression
- 135. Fair use requires four-factor reasoning
- 136. AI text is not legal authority
- 137. Project 14: Digital privacy, expression and responsible tools
- 138. Spiral lab 14: facts,rules and changed conditions
- 139. Unit 14 review: Digital privacy, expression and responsible tools
- 140. Unit 14 assessment: Digital privacy, expression and responsible tools
15. Research, case reading and civic information
Suggested weeks 29–30. A parent still chooses each due date.
- 141. Plan the question before searching
- 142. Bills, statutes and effective dates
- 143. Read a simulated holding in context
- 144. Currentness and later treatment
- 145. Public information has access rules and exceptions
- 146. Neutral policy analysis separates is from ought
- 147. Project 15: Research, case reading and civic information
- 148. Spiral lab 15: facts,rules and changed conditions
- 149. Unit 15 review: Research, case reading and civic information
- 150. Unit 15 assessment: Research, case reading and civic information
16. Negotiation, mediation and oral advocacy
Suggested weeks 31–32. A parent still chooses each due date.
- 151. Positions and underlying interests
- 152. Negotiation uses options and limits
- 153. Mediation is facilitation, not a guaranteed verdict
- 154. Arbitration depends on authority and governing law
- 155. Oral advocacy is structured reasoning
- 156. A written resolution needs clear scope
- 157. Project 16: Negotiation, mediation and oral advocacy
- 158. Spiral lab 16: facts,rules and changed conditions
- 159. Unit 16 review: Negotiation, mediation and oral advocacy
- 160. Unit 16 assessment: Negotiation, mediation and oral advocacy
17. Legal careers, ethics and access
Suggested weeks 33–34. A parent still chooses each due date.
- 161. Different careers have different authority
- 162. Competence includes checking limits
- 163. Conflicts concern divided duties
- 164. Confidentiality and privilege are not identical
- 165. Access to justice is a systems question
- 166. Ethical research leaves a transparent record
- 167. Project 17: Legal careers, ethics and access
- 168. Spiral lab 17: facts,rules and changed conditions
- 169. Unit 17 review: Legal careers, ethics and access
- 170. Unit 17 assessment: Legal careers, ethics and access
18. Integrated legal reasoning and civic capstone
Suggested weeks 35–36. A parent still chooses each due date.
- 171. Build a disciplined case timeline
- 172. Map multiple legal issues without merging them
- 173. Evaluate evidence on both sides
- 174. Calculate a model remedy without double counting
- 175. Present and respond with intellectual honesty
- 176. A reasoned recommendation is not a real verdict
- 177. Project 18: Integrated legal reasoning and civic capstone
- 178. Spiral lab 18: facts,rules and changed conditions
- 179. Unit 18 review: Integrated legal reasoning and civic capstone
- 180. Cumulative final: reasoned legal literacy
Materials
Every source on this page is free to open.
- Constitution of the United States: transcript
Free primary documents from the National Archives, Congress, the federal courts, and the Texas Legislature. Reading them is not legal advice, and PLECK is not a law office.
- Constitution Annotated
Free primary documents from the National Archives, Congress, the federal courts, and the Texas Legislature. Reading them is not legal advice, and PLECK is not a law office.
- United States Courts: educational resources
Free primary documents from the National Archives, Congress, the federal courts, and the Texas Legislature. Reading them is not legal advice, and PLECK is not a law office.
- Supreme Court of the United States
Free primary documents from the National Archives, Congress, the federal courts, and the Texas Legislature. Reading them is not legal advice, and PLECK is not a law office.
- Texas Constitution
Free primary documents from the National Archives, Congress, the federal courts, and the Texas Legislature. Reading them is not legal advice, and PLECK is not a law office.
How credit is earned
This is practice, not a transcript credit and not an official score. A parent can still count the hours. Looking at the catalog does not enroll a student.
Grade bands: Middle 6–8, High School 9–12.
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